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Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital has announced that on December 7, Red Rock Family Practice (RRFP) joined Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital. This is the culmination of several months of discussion and consideration on how best to provide healthcare to Hot Springs County. A press release from the hospital states, “In order to strengthen our healthcare foundation and protect the future of healthcare in Hot Springs County, it was important that we partner with primary care physicians. As h...
In 1947, the Wyoming Pioneer Home was established in Thermopolis as an assisted living facility. Owned and operated by the Wyoming Department of Health, under the department’s Aging Division, the Pioneer Home has been home to countless seniors over the past 70 years. The Pioneer Home and the Wyoming Retirement Center in Basin are both under the purvey of Tom Forslund, Health Department Director. Lisa Osvold is under Forsland as the Aging Division Director. Funding cuts by the state put the P...
Though nearly four months past, the total eclipse across Wyoming and the country is still being talked about and likely will be for months to come. The Wyoming Office of Tourism recently released the 2017 Eclipse Economic Impact Study Summary of Findings, and according to the report, Hot Springs County saw 2,000 visitors staying at hotels and motels, 3,900 who were camping, 1,200 staying at private homes with friends or relatives and 800 that made other arrangements. There were a total 7,800 overnight visitors and 800 day visitors, for a total...
Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites and Trails will be hosting "First Day Hikes" throughout the state on January 1. Hot Springs State Park will be hosting one, too, starting at 11 a.m. Participants should meet at the Kiwanis shelter where the group will divide into two, one group taking the river walk, which is about a half-mile, while the more adventurous group will take the Spirit Trail, which is about a mile long. "There is nothing more rejuvenating than sharing a brisk hike with Wyoming...
Nine different holiday campers and vehicles set the stage for a colorful and festive Broadway Street Saturday during People for People's Tour of Homes Christmas Campers event. Each of the tiny homes were crafted to allow the public to enter, view and vote on each unique holiday display with Stacy Hessenthaler's camper winning top pick....
On the Record policy It is the Thermopolis Independent Record’s policy that all people arrested or cited under the “Accidents,” “Sheriff’s office” or “Police department” in the On the Record section are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Sex offender registry This information is provided to let readers know of two sex offenders now residing in Thermopolis: •Raymond Hunter — Residence: 745 West Sunnyside; Age: 60; Date/place of conviction: Dec. 15, 1994/ Torrington; Crime: Sexual assault in the second degree •Robert Calh...
Monday in Hot Springs District Court, a trial was scheduled for Jan. 16 in a case against James Folsom, who has pleaded not guilty to second-degree sexual assault of a minor. Alternatively, he is charged with sexual assault of a minor. An alternate charge means the judge, or jury should the case go to trial, could find him guilty of either. If that happens, the two charges would be merged. Essentially, there is one count, but two ways in which Folsom could be found guilty. According to the charg...
The Christmas season with special church programs and services has arrived. The area schedule includes: Community Federated Church, Sixth and Big Horn – Dec. 24, regular Sunday service, 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.; Candlelight service, 5 p.m. First Baptist Church, 310 S. Sixth – Dec. 24, regular Sunday service combined with a Christmas musical, 10:30 a.m. Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 642 Arapahoe – Dec. 24, regular Sunday service, 9 a.m.; Candlelight service, 10 p.m. Living Waters Assembly of God, 318 N. Eighth – Dec. 24, regular Sunday service, 10... Full story
This Thursday, Dec. 14, Community Home Health will be open for a holiday meet and greet, at 717 Broadway 14 from noon until 4 p.m. Office Manager, Sarah Cox, said the event is geared toward making Community Home Health’s presence know and informing people on the services they offer. There will be a gourmet hot cocoa bar, featuring additions such as marshmallows, caramels and crushed peppermint, as well as opportunities to win door prizes....
Visitors filled the Community Hall Saturday to view the over 600 Creches from around the world....
Wyoming State Parks and Historic Sites is now taking bids for the purchase of buffalo from Hot Springs State Park. Each year the state sells a portion of their herds in order to maintain breeding as well as feeding grounds. This year there will be four heifer calves from 2017 available along with five of this year’s bull calves, two yearling bulls from 2016, a yearling heifer, a two-year old bull and a 10 year-old breeding bull from our herd in Hot Springs State Park. All of the animals are a mixture of Hot Springs State Park and Bear River S...
The holiday season is one that reminds us of gathering together to celebrate, and what better example of that spirit than this past weekend. Everywhere you looked, organizations, schools, businesses and individuals were coming together to make sure Thermopolis had plenty going on. From a TMS wrestling conference and the Speech and Debate meet at the high school, to Nerf wars, creche displays, pictures with Santa, trees and wreaths for auction and, of course, the impressive setup of the campers downtown, we certainly brought our holiday spirit...
This Christmas gift-giving season is winding down (less than two weeks before Christmas). The economy is finally improving, and the spirit of the season is reaching new highs (Black Friday, Small Town Saturday, Cyber Monday). With this improvement in spirit goes many opportunities to help our fellow community members. Our community is known for its spirit of helping others in need. Cookie jar auctions, chili dinners, Soup and Bread dinners at a local church, a food bank run by another church, and other activities are all aimed at helping each...
What an honor and privilege to see the display of Nativity scenes as the Community Church welcomed the viewing public to this marvelous collections. What a sight to behold! Thanks to each owner for their generosity in sharing their treasured crèches with all who came to see. ‘Twas a lovely and refreshing scene and a blessing to all who attended; and to be reminded in a very picturesque manner of the birth of Jesus Christ....
Karen "Kate" Kay Enis, 78, passed away suddenly on Friday, December 8, 2017, at Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, Wyo. Born December 22, 1938, in Marcus, Iowa, she was the daughter of Roy E. and Bernice (Riedeman) Whetstine. The family later moved to Owl Creek, Wyo., where her father worked on ranches and she attended the Owl Creek School. Karen enjoyed the ranch lifestyle, the horses and the livestock. On November 21, 1977, she married William R. Enis in Cody, Wyo. Until her late husband... Full story
C.R. Burnell passed away suddenly at Swedish Hospital in Denver, Colo., on December 7, 2017. He was born on June 26, 1951, to Rex E. and Donna Mae (Skinner) Patterson in Thermopolis. After his father was killed in a car crash, his mother married Dick Burnell and the two families blended. They moved from Thermopolis and traveled around the western states before moving back to Wyoming. C.R. graduated from Riverton High School in 1969 and married Sandy Hamilton. They had one daughter, Aaron. After... Full story
What began as three small houses has now expanded into a massive village where it's always Christmas. Binnie Murphree explained the start of the town within her home began with her mother, Bonnie Bleak, who would put up three log houses with her elves every Christmas. In about 1987 or '88, Murphree made a gingerbread village and set it up. Of course, she said, when dealing with gingerbread the critters are eventually going to find and make short work of it. Murphree decided to start collecting...
Public Health Response Coordinator Mary A. Gordon, from Hot Springs County Public Health, recently completed training offered by the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), in Anniston, Ala. The CDP is operated by the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and is the only federally-chartered Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) training facility in the nation. The CDP develops and delivers advanced training for emergency response providers, emergency managers, and other government officials from s...
Bobcat wrestlers journeyed to Powell for their first competition of the season with a lot of questions to be answered. This young team answered them in the most positive way possible. With some 22 teams competing, they brought home two varsity championships and one JV championship, they amassed 32 victories out of 54 matches with 32 of those wins by way of pins, and they became a team supporting each other in this most individual sport of all. Two years ago, junior Austin Ireland competed at... Full story
This year, the freshman basketball team will only compete in five games. Coach Ryan Shaffer noted there are only three freshmen out this year — Jesse Skelton, Eli Dickey and James Lindquist — so any time there is a freshman/JV/Varsity game scheduled they can’t play the freshman game because they would be short quarters for everyone else. For the first freshman game on Thursday, Dec. 14 at Lovell, Shaffer said the plan is to take the freshmen and the sophomores which will give them 10 playe...
The Lady Bobcats kicked off their basketball season last weekend at the Herder Classic in Glenrock, Friday and Saturday. Head coach Cory Sova said the girls shot poorly from the field in the first half against Wright, getting just 7/23, but got comfortable in the second half making 11/23, including 6-for-6 in two-point attempts in the fourth quarter. The Lady Cats came out ahead, winning against Wright, 18-6. “McKenna (Bomengen) had a great game in her first extensive varsity action with a doubl...
The conference meet at Hot Springs County High School was the final competition for Thermopolis Middle School Wrestling. Coach Toby Emery state, "We had an amazing finish to the season! The boys came out aggressive and mentally focused. They battled hard and left it all on the mat. I'm so proud of the progress each athlete has made throughout the season. We were able to crown four champs and place seven others in the top four. "It was a great way to end the season, at home, in front of our home...
The Thermopolis Middle School girls basketball team finished out their season over the weekend at the eighth grade A tournament in Lander. During the first game of the day, the girls posted a 13-point loss against Cody, 22-35. “The young ladies played extremely hard and poised,” said head coach Ginger Ward. “Their team defense was outstanding.” Mariah Brooks had an exceptional game, pulling down eight rebounds and shooting 50% from the field. Next in the bracket was a real nail biter against...
Sarayla Moon takes aim at the opposing team during Thermopolis Foam Flingers NERF war three-on-three team matches Saturday afternoon....
On Dec. 2, the Risen Son Christian School competed at the Wyoming First Lego League State Competition at the Casper Event Center, returning with a first place award for the research they put into their project. Ryan Shaffer, coaches the kids with their project along with Shannon Shaffer and Brian Johnson, said this was the fifth year they’ve took a team to the competition. “We had, basically, a new set of kids,” Shaffer said. “For the last four years we’ve had the same group of kids. Some of t...
A family discussing the significance of Christmas decorations is the focal point of the Risen Son Christian School program, which will be presented this Thursday, Dec. 14 at 6 p.m. at Risen Son Baptist Church. From left, Mesa Longwell, Maile Mae McCumber, Amelia Roberts, James Whitt, Samuel Johnson and Tate Roberts....
Hot Springs County High School was filled to the rafters on Saturday as the Hot Springs County High School Speech and Debate team held their Bobcat Invitational Speech Meet alongside the Thermopolis Middle School’s wrestling tournament. “Things went very smoothly,” speech coach Cindy Glasson said. “It was like ‘singlets and suits day’ with the speech kids all dressed up and middle school wrestlers all in basically the same space.” According to Glasson, there were over 200 students from 12 Wyomi...
Last week, Spencer Axtell and Chandler Maddock learned more about the process of artificial insemination (AI) during a training session at the armory of the Fremont County Fairgrounds. Spencer Axtell said he attended the training to help out on the family ranch. “We do our heifers in the springtime and dad usually does it by himself and he’s been wanting some help.” He added with a laugh, “Getting out of school was part of it.” The training, which was Dec. 4-6, was not just about AI, Axtell sa...
For one reason or another, not everyone is in the Christmas spirit when the Holidays arrive. Perhaps its the loss of a loved one, a broken relationship, the loss of a pet or a job, or you just feel lonely. Maybe you aren’t putting up a tree because you just don’t have that Christmas feeling. If you are feeling this way, yet you still want to attend a service that speaks of the real reason for the season, then the Blue Christmas Service is for you. A gentle, contemplative, non-denominational service with no sermon, revolving around the bir...
Men will have a chance to pick up gifts for the special ladies in their lives during the first ever Men’s Shopping Night at the former Stones Throw restaurant. It’s My Party 307 and the Thermopolis Golf Course are hosting the event, with at least six vendor coming. Vendors will be set up in the former restaurant area, and the bar will be open. Though called the Men’s Shopping Night, anyone is welcome to attend the event, which will be 5-9 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 20....
Hot Springs County School District #1 Superintendent Dustin Hunt embraces teacher, Becky Martinez, who was named the first Champion for Children of the school year....
Dancers perform at dress rehearsal prior to the Winter Wonderland program at the high school auditorium Dec. 8. The show, put on by Hot Springs Dance LLC, had a number of dance styles including hip hop, tap, ballet and contemporary....
The annual Festival of Trees saw 16 trees and 14 wreaths auctioned off this year, and $8,975 generated for the Thermopolis Community Fund, according to Stephanie Conrad. A portion of the funds will be given to People for People, while the rest is distributed to the community through an application process. Judy Carswell said People for People's downtown event, the Tour of Homes Christmas Campers, was a success as well. Taking the place of the regular Tour of Homes this year, the event saw an...
Christmas is known as the “Season of Giving,” and what better way to celebrate the season than giving to others? The annual Department of Family Services (DFS) Elf Tree will be available again this year for those needing a little helping hand for Christmas. Sign-up sheets for the tree are now available through Dec. 15 at the DFS office. The tree will be put up at Thermopolis Hardware on Nov. 16, allowing those who wish to give a chance to pick their ornaments from the tree, do their shopping, and gets the surprises back to DFS by Dec. 20, jus... Full story
On Thursday, Dec. 21, the public is invited to ride in Hot Springs County Senior Center vehicles to gaze upon the lovely holiday decorations around town. Center director, Lisa Pierce, said they will utilize the vehicles they have to ensure there is enough room. She added that she and her kids all grew up with the tradition of going around town to look at the decorations — a tradition since passed on to grandchildren — and she thought it would be something fun to bring to the center. There is no fee for the event, and there will also be hot coco...
Please make note of early deadlines for upcoming editions of the Independent Record as the Holidays proceed. December 28 deadlines: Legal ads, by noon, Fri., Dec. 22; display and classified ads, by noon, Fri., Dec. 22 and news/editorial content by noon, Tues. Dec. 26. January 4 deadlines: Legal ads, by noon, Fri., Dec. 29; display and classified ads by noon, Fri., Dec. 29 and news/editorial content by noon, Tues., Jan. 2. Our offices will be closed on Christmas day and New Year’s day....
Pickup and delivery of the Community Christmas Baskets will be Saturday, Dec. 16, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Holy Trinity Parish Hall, 642 Arapahoe. Non-perishable food donations for the baskets can be left at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church entry, marked “Christmas Baskets.” Monetary donations can also be made to “Christmas Baskets,” P.O. Box 950 in Thermopolis. The baskets are prepared for those in need by volunteers throughout the community. Volunteers are also needed for sorting, boxing, carrying out on pick up day and clean up. Box...
A rock along the canyon wall flies apart with the help of some explosives on Thursday, Dec. 7. The rock, which Wyoming Department of Transportation geologists determined needed to be removed, was pulling away from the wall. A link to the video of the blast is available on the Thermopolis Independent Record Facebook page....
